Improved shoe-cleaner



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

B. FRANK EARLY, OF PALMYRA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVED SHOE-CLEANER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,102, dated August14, 1866.

T0 all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, B. FRANK EARLY, of Palmyra, in the county of Lebanonand State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Shoe-Gleaner5 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and eX-act description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyin gdrawings, forming part ot this specilication, in which- Y Figure 1 is anunder view or an inverted plan ot' my invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section ot' the same, taken in the line :r m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre` spending part-s.

This invention relates to a new and improved shoe-cleaner designed tosupersede the use ot mats now used for such purpose; and it consists ofa frame constructed andarran ged in such a manner that corn-husks andother suitable substances may be secured in such a manner as to form adurable efeient mat or foot-cleaner, the frame admitting of the materialsecured within being removed when worn by use and new material adjustedin its place.

A represents a quadrilateral frame, composed ot four side pieces, a a bb, the sidepieces, a a, being opposite each other, and each having twomortises, c c, made in them to receive tenons d d on the ends ot' theside pieces, b b, the mortises c c being longer than the tenons d, inorder to admit of the side pieces, b b, having a certain degree oflateral adjustment, which is effected by turning a nut,e, on ascrew-rod, B, passing centrally through the side pieces, b b, as shownclearly in Fig. l. `'lhe side pieces, a a, are kept snugly in contactwith vshoulders f, formed by the cutting otl the tenons by means of twoscrew-rods, G C, which pass through the side pieces, a'a,

near their-end. In the inner side ot' one of the side pieces, b, arectangular groove or'recess, g, is made, extending nearly the wholelength of` said side `piece between the bars a a. The other side piece,b, is slotted entirely through, as shown at h, the slot h being equal inlength to the recess g.

Drepresents metal rods, which pass through the slot h in one side piece,b, and enter the recess g in the other side piece; and E repre` I sentshusks of corn or other suitable material, which is doubled around therods'D, and is held or secured in position by the side pieces, a a, thehusks on the several rods D being clamped and held in close contact bythe side pieces, a a, a sufficient number of rods D being used,according to the thickness or character of the material doubled on them.

From the above description it will be seen that the husks E, or othermaterial used or doubled Aon the rods D, forni the lnat on which theshoe or boot is rubbed or cleaned; and it will .further be seen thatwhen the corn-husks or other substance becomes worn by use it can bereadily det-ached from the frame and replaced by new material.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- A frame composed ot adjustable side pieces.,substantially as shown, in combination with rods having corn-husks orother suitable substance doubled or adjusted around them and fitted orclamped within the frame, to form a new and improved mat, for thepurpose specilied.

B. FRANK EARLY.

Witnesses MARTIN H. BossMAN,

J oHN J. BEIGHTBTLL.

